Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-07-16

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the crop and hay prospects around
Egan, Rexburg and Teton were never
more favorable than they are this
season, and il any one allows his cat
tie to die next winter for want Of food
it will he because he fails TO gather
hay while the sun shines.
Deputy Marshal Hopson brought
up Joseph Call, a cohab, from Gentle
Valley Saturday and placed him be
hind the bars until Monday when he
was taken before Commissioner Bixby
and, ON waving an examination, was
released on bond of $4,000. Reeves
4 Wright appeared for the defendant
We have on exhibition in our office
a sample Of White Russian oats grown
by r.. j. Osborn which Is the finest
We ever saw in the Territory. The
heads are large, full and heavy, and
the stalks will average over five feet
tall. The man who says Bingham
county Is rot good farming country
should be an official member Of an
Ananias Club.
We have been reliably informed
that party Of citizens from Madison
county, Montana, made a raid on
band OF horscthievcs on north fork Of
Snake river Sunday night and captur-
cd forty horses. The thieves escaped
but were known to be Red and Jack.
son who were sent up 10 the Pen from
this county for long number OF
years but broke Jail in Boise City
and escaped.
Two Sundays ago the Sabbath School
lesson was on the Birth OF Christ A.
teacher at the Methodist school asked
her class the question-Whcre was
our Savior born? The answer was
prompt, "In a manger at Bethlehem.
Then she followed il with another
What is manger? 4 little four year
old shot up his hand and said--"I
know, It's where my pa feeds his COW,
and say, Mrs - didn't the cows eat
the baby Savior up?'
Major Jack Anderson, Of Anderson
Bros, Eagle Rock, made a narrow es-
cape while bathing at Lake Park, Utah,
last Sunday. He yentured out too far
and was met in the face by beating
storm Of waves that took away his
breath, and but for timely rescue he
must have drowned. When taken in
the bath house he was so far gone that
grave fears were entertained OF his
rcsuscitation but by heroic remedies
Of friction, stimulants. etc, he recov-
al, and, we are glad TO learn, is him
self again.
Special attention of all parties in.
tcrcsted is called to the notice Of Supt.
St Clair in which, as will be seen, he
dcsignates August 10th as the day for
the examination Of all applicants for
teachers certificates in Bingham eoun.
". Mr. Stellar Is fully alive 10 the
importance Of his work, and Is deter
mined that Bingham county shall be
second 70 none in the efficiency Of her
public schools. No private examina-
tions will be given applicants, and di.
rcctors Of schools will understand that
the school laws governing them must
he strictly complied with.
Reporter Miller and wife, Fred Vo-
gler and Miss Cora Sills and Johnny
Beckwith and Miss Berger are in cor
rcspondencc, with,--no we mean are
dropping a line 10 the mountain trout
IN Wolverine this week. We venture
our 800 shares in the mines at Occur
d Alcne that the trout will be charm
ed with more poetical quotations from
Tom Moore and more sentimental mu-
sic Ia mode-"The Moon is Dancing
on the Waves, Love" than their cous-
ins, the Lake trouts, ever heard from
pleasure boats ON the Great Lakes.
The action Of the officers Mt Poca-
tello in committing so many tramps
and others for trivial offences TO the
county Jail for few days punishment
naturally enough raises howl from
the tax.pay ers of the county and they
claim 1t is growing cxpensively mo-
notonous. Every tramp sent up for
ten days costs the county $3s and IL
will be seen that Il Is cheaper TO the
taxpayers TO board them at the
Keeny Hotel at 81 per day and
pay man $1,50 per day TO chaperon
them about the town than to send
them 10 Jail. Gentlemen, give us a
rest on the tramp-slccping-in.the-car-
business.
Mesdames johnson, Holbrook, Ed.
and AL Creswcll, and Misses Lizzie
Crcswell and Ella johnson, dispelled
the tedium of our sanctum by a pleas.
ant call Wednesday afternoon. Our
labors are always lightcned by the
visits of our lady friends. During
their stay they bantered us fora trade
of birds They first offered Mrs Hol-
brooks ~ smoked colored canary for
our wedding singer, then Mrs. John.
sons SO lemon canary, then Mrs Ed
Creswell's old gold and brown; next
they agreed TO form joint stock COM
pany and give all three for our little
sweet singer of--"A Wedding is com
ing o,hon but we couldn't be induced